I personally believe, and the Catholic Church also believes that life is very sacred and every effort should be made to protect it. Christianity teaches that every person is made in the image of God and that each life is a precious gift from God, therefore it is scared.

"God made man in his own image." (Genesis 1:27)

In fact, this is a core principal which forms the backbone for many teachings in the Catholic Church.

One of the famous Ten Commandments that Moses received on Mount Sinai was,

"Thou shalt not kill."

This tells us without a doubt that God wanted to make sure that noone took the liberty to decide the duration of the life of any other human being. After all, he granted us the gift of life and only he has the right...